PSY 1101 Midterm: Revision 2 (Scientific method) (All you need to know for midterms)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Kenneth Campbell

Document Summary

Methods to gain knowledge ( truth : divine (non-physical) insight. Through communicaion with a higher, nonphysical being: pure logic and thought (aristotle) logical enough reasoning should be able to deduce all knowledge, scieniic methods and scieniic manipulaion . By observing the efect due to the manipulaion of a variable to gain knowledge and the cause. Assumes that all that exists must exist in some physical form. Thus no room in this model of the universe for non-material (non-physical) existence. Does not believe in the physical reality of our existence. Theory predicts behaviour or events, formed ater a review and synthesis of the relevant literature, based on exising fact. Theory vs speculaion (opinions) theory isn"t formed on the basis of guess work or subjecive opinion. Theory is based on fact, you may have an opinion that humans only need 2 hours of sleep, it is wrong.